San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 16, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1973 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds rf 1 2 1 0
Fuentes 2b 3 0 1 0
Maddox cf 4 0 1 2
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
Goodson 3b 4 0 0 0
Matthews lf 3 0 0 0
Phillips ss 3 0 0 0
Rader c 3 0 2 0
Barr p 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 5 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 0
Torre 1b 4 1 2 2
Simmons c 4 0 0 0
Melendez cf 3 0 2 0
Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0
Carbo rf 3 1 2 1
Tyson ss 3 0 1 0
Gibson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
San Francisco 100 001 000251
St. Louis 000 110 01x380
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Barr  L (7-9) 8.0 8 3 3 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
0
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (9-9) 9.0 5 2 2 4 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
4
1

  E–Goodson (19).  DP–San Francisco 1, St. Louis 3.  PB–Simmons (15).  HR–St. Louis Torre (8,4th inning off Barr 0 on, 1 out); Carbo (2,5th inning off Barr 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Fuentes (8,off Gibson); Barr 2 (6,off Gibson 2); Sizemore (9,off Barr).  SB–Bonds (26,2nd base off Gibson/Simmons); Tyson (1,2nd base off Barr/Rader).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–1:49.  A–26,413.
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